Tag: Sohrab Homi Fracis

• An Interview with Sohrab Fracis

  This interview first appeared on Literary Kicks, September 8, 2011 “Imagine you have a friend named Rob,” says our instructor at the University of North Florida Writer’s Conference. “If you want to ask your friend a question, you might begin by saying, ‘So, Rob…’ and that is how to pronounce my first name.” Sohrab Homi…

  Bill Ectric

  September 3, 2016

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• Connections

  I often write about the exhilaration I feel when one good book leads to another and another. After reading and enjoying Ticket to Minto, I interviewed the author, Sohrab Homi Fracis. He mentioned that he was pitching his novel-in-progress as “Jack Kerouac’s On the Road meets Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake.”  This piqued my interest in The Namesake. I picked it…

  Bill Ectric

  September 28, 2011

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• My Interview with Sohrab Fracis at LitKicks

        “Imagine you have a friend name Rob,” says our instructor at the University of North Florida Writer’s Conference. “If you want to ask your friend a question, you might begin by saying, ‘So, Rob…’ and that is how to pronounce my first name.” Sohrab Homi Fracis (“Fray-sis”) is the first Asian writer to win…

  Bill Ectric

  September 9, 2011

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• UNF Writer’s Conference: The Good Stuff

  One of the main things I learned at the UNF Writer’s Conference was that indie publishers need to take quality very seriously. Deborrah Hoag, editor of books, ebooks, academic papers, corporate publications, and more, said now that anyone can publish their work inexpensively, a glut of poorly written, carelessly edited books are giving all indies a bad name.…

  Bill Ectric

  August 10, 2011

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• Photos From the UNF Writer’s Conference

  Bill Ectric

  August 8, 2011

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• UNF Writer’s Conference

  Great time today at the UNF Writer’s Conference, which I’ll be attending all three days, August 5, 6, & 7. I’ll be posting more about it tomorrow. For now,  here’s a shout-out to Sohrab Fracis, previously featured here at Bill Ectric’s Place, one of the speakers at the conference.

  Bill Ectric

  August 6, 2011

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• Here Comes the Sun: Ticket To Minto: Stories of India and America, plus an update on the Ali Mirdrekvandi Investigation

  A few months ago I pondered the origins of a little-known book called No Heaven For Gunga Din by Ali Mirdrekvandi, who may or may not have really lived. I recently got some additional insight into that subject from Sohrab Homi Fracis, who I met Wednesday night at the monthly poetry reading at Chamblin’s Uptown  here in…

  Bill Ectric

  April 17, 2011

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